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W. W. NEUER,

TRANSOM LIPTBR.

Ne. 355.200. e Petented Dee. y28, 1886.l

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VILLIAM W. NEUER, OF WILKES-BARR, FFNNSYLVANIA.

TRANSOM-LIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of`Letters Patent No. 355,200, dated December 28, 1886.

Application filed October l, 1886. Serial No.2l5,093. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it kn'own that I, WILLIAM W. NEUER, of Wilkes-Barr, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Transom- Lifters; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use v the same.

My invention relates Ato devices for operating transoms, easements, shutters, Src.; and the object of my invention is to provide means whereby the transom or other swinging structure may be held either wholly or partially open or closed without any possibility of aceidental derangement 'of the operating and holding connections.

For the above purposes my invention con' v trating the connections shown in Figs. l and 2. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig.A 4, but showing the connections illustrated in Fig. 3.

In the said drawings A designates the frame of a transom or easement, and B designates the transom or `easement proper, the latter being connected to the frame A by hinges b, or in any other suitable or preferred manner. Upon the inner side of one end ofthe frame A is secured, by screws or other suitable devices, a plate, C, which extends vertically upon the frame, and which is formed with a number of holes or apertures, c, extending in straight alignment upon the plate.

D designates an arm, which is attached loosely at one end to a ring-bolt, d, upon the inner side of the transom, and at one end of the latter contiguous to the plate C. The inner or free end of the arm D is formed with an eye or loop, d', to receive the operators finger, and at .its extremity said arm is bent outward at right anglesto the main portion of the arm, as shown at cl2, so as to enter one or the other of the holes c in .the plate C. Upon the inner side of the lower or outer corner of the transom B is secured an angle plate, E, having in its inwardly-extending portion e an aperture or eye, e', the position of plate E being such that when the transom is closed the eye or aperture in the angle-plate shall register with the lowest hole in the plate G. When the transom is thus closed, the end cl2 of arm D is inserted through the eye e and lowest hole, c, and thus the transom is locked in closed position.

The bent end cl2 of arm D is formed with a shoulder, cl3, which, when the bent end is in. serted in either of the holes c, engages the under side of the margin ot' such hole and prevents any aceidental displacement of said arm from the hole, so that the transom is held securely when either wholly or partially open or closed. In the modified construction shown in Fig. 3 the bent end di of arm D is formed with an annular' shoulder, da, which does not enter the holes c of plate C, but lies beneath a swinging plate, C', pivoted at one end to the upper end of plate C, and having a series of notches, c, in its outer edge to embrace the end cl2, outside ofthe shoulder d4, Vand thus lock the free end of the arm D when the transom is either wholly or partially open or closed. In this instance the arm D is attached at its outer end to an angle-plate, f, similar in form to the angle-plate E, before described.

In order to sustain the transom when raised to its utmost limit, a hole is formed in one of the end jambs'ot the frame A, and a ferrule,

g, isr inserted into said hole to receive the end Having thus described my invention, what I its swinging notched plate C', of the holdingclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters arm D, having the annular shoulder` d, sub- Patent, isstantially as and for the purpose described.

1. The combination, with the apertured plate In testimony whereof I have hereunto subx5 5 and its notched swingingplate, of the swingscribed my name in the presence of two subing arm secured to thetransom and provided scribing Witnesses.

:3331i annular shoulder, substantlally as WILLIAM W. NEUER 2. The combination, with the transom cnr- Witnesses: Io ryiug the angle -plate E, with its eye e', and CHAS. A. ZIEGLER,

the frame carrying the apertured plate G,with STANLEY W. WALKER. 

